Corporate Finance and Governance in Stakeholder Society

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This book develops a new framework - the stakeholder model - that helps to understand corporate finance and governance in modern society, where the sources of peopleas happiness have shifted from monetary to non-monetary factors. The book takes a more comprehensive approach than is typically found in the standard economics and finance literature, by explicitly incorporating both the monetary and non-monetary interests of stakeholders and by examining the value creation of corporations from a much broader perspective. Specifically, the book addresses contemporary issues concerning corporate finance and governance worldwide, including: How should we define corporate value in stakeholder society? What is the role of modern corporations? What are the principles underlying corporate financing decisions? To what extent should shareholder rights be enhanced? What determines the effectiveness of a companyas board of directors? What missions do firms set out and what is the role of mission statements? How can we understand the diversity of financial and governance systems among different countries? What legal and institutional reforms enhance or diminish corporate value in stakeholder society? The book will answer these questions theoretically and empirically.Themost frequently heard answer to this questionis that the board supervises the
firmAls operation on behalfof its shareholders. In their standard textbook on
corporate finance, Brealey, Myers, andAllen (2006) describe the role of the board
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Corporate Finance and Governance in Stakeholder Society

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Shinichi Hirota

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Routledge - 2015-02-11

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